Iraqi rocket attacks on Saudi Arabia

Between 18 January and 26 February 1991, Ba'athist Iraq launched 46 al-Husayn Scud missiles against Saudi Arabian and American military targets in Dhahran and the Saudi capital of Riyadh amidst the Gulf War. Attacks began hours after US General Norman Schwarzkopf emphasized large-scale efforts taken to comb the vast expanses of western Iraq for rocket attacks aimed at Israel. Although the attacks were largely inaccurate, the missiles caused 28 of the 148 United States battle deaths during the Gulf War. Most of the Iraqi missiles were aimed at military targets in Saudi Arabia, inflicting a very low death toll on civilian populations.